AND THE WINNER IS...
... the bag with orange lettering! I agree with those who feel it looks nice with the orange badge, especially after seeing both bags on the machine.
Now I am wondering, which model would the bag with the silver lettering be for? I know there was a Silver Jubilee model (425), and the bag was black with silver lettering, but there's a long coiled line at the top of that bag -- the same bag as the 750. In fact, isn't the 750 the Silver Jubilee model just with the silver and black logos instead of orange and black?
Stan told me a funny story about the Silver Jubilee model in my long interview with him (see link). I asked him the question, "What was your first contact with the main Hoover company, in Canton?"
He replied:
The only thing I remember is that I wrote them about a machine, which was a big lie! I wanted an original Silver Jubilee bag for the model 425 Hoover I had. I had just a regular bag; it didn't say "Silver Jubilee." So I wrote them a long letter — in fact I still have a copy of their reply — I said, "We have had two Hoovers for years, and one of them is a model 425. But our Silver Jubilee bag wore out and it's never been the same since!" I also explained that I collect vacuum cleaners. Well, I didn't hear anything for a while. Then all of a sudden I got a letter back. Their head of service wrote me back and said, "We’ve never heard of anybody with such a hobby. This [425] bag is yours, free of charge. All I ask is that you send us the old bag that you are using on the cleaner, whatever it Is."
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Thanks to all those who participated in this Hoover Election! I'm going to take more photos of the 800 and post them later.
